BY: RAM MADHAV PUBLISHED ON MARCH 28, 2021 Revisiting India’s Partition- The Preceding Events, the Political Haste, the Tired Leadership, and the Sordid Consequences On the night of August 14-15, 1947, when India was celebrating its independence, the architect of the independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi was not among the revellers. When his protégé Jawahar Lal […]Read More
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BY: SANT KUMAR SHARMA PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2021 The plain and simple fact is that Pakistan doesn’t want any projects to be built in Afghanistan. This ensures that the entire discharge of the Kabul river flows into its territory unimpeded. Its water experts had talked of joint development of the Kabul River Basin (KBR) […]Read More
BY: SANT KUMAR SHARMA PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 17, 2021 In all, five projects have been cleared for Leh district while three projects are for Kargil district. Due to typical topography, it is not feasible to set up large hydropower dams in Ladakh region. The Central government has given clearance for eight hydropower projects with a […]Read More
BY: IANS ANALYSIS PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 27, 2020 In a nutshell, these results have clearly shown that the people of J&K have complete faith in the country’s democratic system, that the NC and the PDP are not down and out, but continue to be the major players in J&K’s politics. The District Development Council (DDC) […]Read More
BY: SENGE HASNA SERING PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 11, 2020 The division of the princely state of Jammu & Kashmir left lasting wounds on the splintered people of Greater Ladakh ‘There is no reason to celebrate. We Shias are going to face endemic sectarian carnage and suffering in this new country.’ These were the words of Raja […]Read More
BY: SENGE HASNA SERING PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2020 Before partition, the valley of Kharmang (in Gilgit-Baltistan) was an integral part of the Tehsil Kargil. In those times, Skardu (a city in Gilgit-Baltistan region) used to be the winter capital of Ladakh Wazarat while Leh was the summer capital. Several traditional trade corridors have historically […]Read More